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BRUSSELS, March 6, 2015 (RISI) - DS Smith continues to strengthen its competitiveness in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. By April, when the group's financial year ends, DS Smith's packaging division will have invested Euro 25 million ($28 million) in the so-called D-A-CH region.

OSCHELBRONN, Germany, March 10, 2015 (Press Release) -Bellmer Vaahto has supplied a dilution controlled headbox and top-former for a packaging board production line at Nine Dragons Xingan Pulp & Paper (Inner Mongolia) Ltd, near the borders of the Republic of Mongolia and Russia in north-eastern China.

The Paper and Packaging Board (P+PB) announces its officers for 2015: John Williams (Domtar), Board Chair; Steve Voorhees (RockTenn), Vice Chair; and Christian Fischer (Georgia-Pacific), Secretary/Treasurer. The Paper and Packaging Board was formed in January 2014 and held its first meeting in March of 2014.

MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today launched Packaging Matters, the company's third annual study of the impact of packaging on product satisfaction and consumer purchasing behavior.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) today signed an agreement with investment company CoBe Capital for Heidelberg to acquire the European Printing Systems Group (PSG) headquartered in the Netherlands. Both parties have agreed that the purchase price will remain confidential. Through this acquisition, Heidelberg is significantly expanding its services and consumables business.

Mondi Containerboard's Fruit Logistica workshop, entitled "Paper based packaging - what's in it for my business?", was a resounding success. The company launched its new quality and sustainability brand aqua protec to a broad audience, while its Corrugated Packaging segment highlighted the customer advantages of paper-based packaging from a converter's point of view.